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February 20, 2017
After conquering Bama, the second-largest town in Nigeria’s Borno state, a small group of fighters from the militant […]
February 9, 2017
Why does female genital mutilation (FGM) — a practice that the U.N. has classified as violence against women […]
February 9, 2017
An Egyptian MP has said women must undergo female genital mutilation (FGM) to help curb male “sexual weakness”. […]
February 9, 2017
I was a Muslim refugee once. I know what it’s like. I know what it’s like to gamble […]
February 9, 2017
Around the world, children are taken from their families and married off against their will, often at the […]
February 9, 2017
Costa Rica has raised the minimum age for marriage to 18 under a law that experts hope will […]
February 9, 2017
2016 was a big year for research on child marriage. New data and analysis emerged, building our understanding […]
February 9, 2017
Germany is on the frontline of controversial debate that has put European governments in a quandary – whether […]
February 9, 2017
Survivors of rape often say they are left with devastating, sometimes lifelong, trauma. One woman who was sexually […]
February 9, 2017
Among the many countries in southern Africa suffering through the El Niño-induced drought, Mozambique is one of the […]
February 9, 2017
The Virginia Senate passed a bill Thursday that would make the practice of female genital mutilation a misdemeanor […]
February 9, 2017
The Danish government has approved a bill that will prohibit people under the age of 18 from getting […]
February 9, 2017
With the proclamation of The Children Act on May 18, 2015, Trinidad and Tobago raised the age of sexual […]
February 9, 2017
What you are about to read may disturb you. It is not against the law in Massachusetts for […]